The Senate's move squares with Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke ordering all U.S. But that's well within the Senate's purview (see Russia Threatens Retaliation If US Bans Kaspersky Lab). Legislation passed Monday by the Senate would also ban the use of Kaspersky Lab software across the federal government. Reaction: What intelligence agency would trust foreign-built software, especially when domestic alternatives are available? I cannot disclose the classified assessments that prompted the intelligence chiefs' response." Instead, she writes: "At a public hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee in May, six top intelligence officials, including the heads of the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency, were asked if they would be comfortable with Kaspersky Lab software on their agencies' computers. Shaheen says that she can't reveal the full extent of classified information that she received in briefings that has caused her to be so concerned about the company's products. national security, noting that CEO Eugene Kaspersky "graduated from the elite cryptology institute of the KGB, the Soviet Union's main intelligence service." Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, called Kaspersky Lab a danger to U.S.
"The American public remain the only people unable to make an informed decision about whether or not to use Kaspersky." That includes the FBI reportedly briefing organizations that using the Moscow firm's products pose a threat to their business. Twenty-year-old Kaspersky Lab, which has more than 400 million users of its anti-virus and security software worldwide, is being targeted by vague, unsubstantiated accusations. See Also: Live Webinar | Education Cybersecurity Best Practices: Devices, Ransomware, Budgets and Resources government: Please put up or shut up over Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab. (Photo: Alexxsun, via Creative Commons)ĭear U.S. Anti-virus lab at Kaspersky Lab's Moscow headquarters.
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